May 2010
31 posts
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What I'm Thinking | Saturday 5.29.10 am
It’s raining. Not a downpour, but the kind of rain I like: constant, gentle, steady. The kind of rain that cleans the air.
I opened the door to the back where there are large hardwood trees that fill a brushy, vine-covered, impassable micro-forest and see that everything is a shade of green; there must be a million different hues.
Every now and again a redbird breaks the green monotony...
“You must write every single day of your life… You must lurk in libraries and...”
– Ray Bradbury (via bethandbee) (via fuckyeahreading) (via debbiestier)
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What I'm Thinking | Friday 5.28.10 am
I don’t remember how it came up but I was rambling on yesterday evening about how at 2 of my last 3 jobs (not including my current one) I knew I was meant to work there the instant I walked through the door. At that point, all I had to do was persuade them to hire me, which wasn’t difficult considering how I felt; it had to have shown in my words, my focus and my body language. In both...
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What I'm Thinking | Wednesday 5.26.10 pm
When you torture someone you want them to be afraid. That gives you, the person doing the torturing, the power or at least makes you feel powerful.
If you were being tortured, repeatedly, how would you handle it? What would you do? Would you eventually get angry and tired of being tortured and try to do something about it? Would you shut off from the world and learn to ‘deal’ with...
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What I'm Thinking | Tuesday 5.25.10 am
Being loved is wonderful but the only way to feel love is to give it.
Sometimes we need to remember that.
Sometimes we need to let someone love us so they can feel it too.
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What I'm Thinking | Monday 5.24.10 am
Life is like a giant seesaw. You hop on because it looks fun and with a bit of work you find your balance and rhythm. If you keep the right mind about yourself, it’s fun as hell. Yet, as most things are, you can’t keep doing the same thing, (we need growth and variety or we stagnate and get bored) so once you get going good you yell out:”yeah, jump on! I can handle it!” and...
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What I'm Thinking | Sunday 5.23.10 am
I think I have a lot of opinions.
I think my opinions change.
I think the people who let me ramble about them are the kindest, most wonderful people on the planet.
thank you
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What I'm Thinking | Saturday 5.22.10 am
Grown-ups have ruined Saturday morning. The cartoons suck…what cartoons there are. Does there have to be a moral for everything our kids watch?
When I was a kid, I watched Bugs Bunny always win; fooling and inflicting serious injury on Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam and the only lesson I learned was not to ever play ‘All Those Endearing Young Charms’ on the piano, or at least...
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What I'm Thinking | Thursday 5.20.10 am
The fabric of our lives. No, I’m not talking about cotton… necessarily. But metaphorically we are weavers of the fabric we call our life. All these patchworks of being come together to create an existence of our conscious universe. Sometimes my thoughts get so stiff and rigid like dried mud on denim that I need to wash the crap out. I think I need some fabric softener. Not the dryer...
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What I'm Thinking | Wednesday 5.19.10 am
Human beings are liars. We all lie. Really. You do it. I do it. We all lie. Maybe not everyday, maybe not often, but we all lie. Maybe you only tell ‘Forrest Gump’ lies (“Mama said it was just a little white lie, so it wasn’t hurting nobody.”) Maybe you tell big fish stories with grand hyperbole (“That bear was bigger than my house”). Maybe you find...
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What I'm Thinking | Tuesday 5.18.10 pm
I’m convinced there’s some kind of time suck that happens on Tuesdays. It’s as if a massive vortex of tremendous proportions rips huge handfuls of time out of the ether and we are left with nothing but a gigantic ‘you are screwed’ sign across the sky that dissipates if you try to look at it too hard.
Well, not me, massive time-stealing vortex! I say, fine then!...
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What I'm Thinking | Tuesday 5.18.10 am
How much can you know about yourself if you’ve never been in a fight? ~Fight Club movie
Passion is a word that is thrown around a lot lately. ‘what are you passionate about?’ ‘let your passion guide you to what you should be doing’ What a crock of shit really. We strut around stroking each other as if we are accomplishing something just by looking the part. ‘I look like I’m doing...
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Hey, hey, LBJ... →
My thoughts on LeBron James.
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Wow, The Mariners Really Do Suck →
My views on the Ken Griffey Jr. sleeping debacle….that shouldn’t have been one.
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What I'm Thinking | Thursday 5.13.10 am
WARNING: This is completely about sports. If you are not a fan, please find something else to read and do not complain about it. Life goes on.
I have many thoughts about the state of things happening right now in the sporting world. The fact that USC may have to forfeit championships (which I think is bullshit.. if anything, it should be future sanctions instead) or that the Phillies are being...
Mr. wOw: A Brief Musing On Our 'Christian' Nation →
Sarah Palin once again gets it wrong. Poor gal, needs better people. Really.
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What I'm Thinking | Tuesday 5.11.10am
I’ve been not well. Not like normal for me.. you know, sick. I’ve been sick. My face feels like a truck ran over it and laughed as it drove away. Some sort of sinus infection thing that I won’t allow to kick my ass. So if you’ve been wondering where I’ve been, that’s it. I’ve been in bed with a down pillow on my face trying to get some relief.
I do,...
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What I'm Thinking | Monday 5.10.10 am
There are no easy methods of learning difficult things; the method is to close your door, give out that you are not at home, and work. ~Joseph de Maistre
I am a studier. I read and read and then I tend to read more. I choose a variety of subjects to read about, but in my mind, I see the connections between all of them. There is method to my madness.
Where am I going with it all, may be a...
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What I'm Thinking | Friday 5.7.10 am
I am a bit tired. I could be coming down with something as my nose is a bit runny. Could be allergies. Nonetheless, I ignore it all. I think ‘eh, whatever’ and keep going. Not much stops me from doing what needs to be done.
I went back to sleep this morning, and dreamt. The dream wasn’t peaceful nor disturbing. It didn’t cause restfulness nor restlessness. It was what it...
The 50 best author vs. author put-downs of all... →
Why do I love this?
Because it shows us that we too, can not like something that the masses like. That’s the point of having so many different things to read.
Plus it’s funny.
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What I'm Thinking | Thursday 5.6.10 am
I have lived all over. Really. I grew up mostly in the Midwest but as an adult I have lived everywhere except the Southwest (to clarify for folks that ain’t from around here: I am only talking about the US).
What makes a place stick with you? I think it’s the air. The air carries on it the memory of the place; what it is; what it means to you; what you found there; what you left.
A...
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What I'm Thinking | Wednesday 5.5.10 am
There are days when I feel I have done a lot and yet not accomplished much. I’m not sure what I expect. When I *do* feel I have accomplished something, the heavens don’t open; the angels don’t sing my praises. The event passes with an outpouring of silence.
At times I feel it is only with baby steps I make my way toward an unknown. I may think I know where I’m headed,...
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What I'm Thinking | Tuesday 5.4.10 pm
Does anyone else hear the word algorithm and think “what kind of rhythm?” Probably just me.
word association:
rhythm
syncopation
anticipation
Carly Simon
Was sent this site by a great friend. New York Architecture- Black and White Gallery
Awesome B&W photography. I love that. Thought I’d share.
Have a good rest of your Tuesday.
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What I'm Thinking | Monday 5.3.10am
I really need to get busy. I am feeling so unorganized and it causes mild anxiety. If I sit and actually try to write down the things I feel I should accomplish today, I realize nothing is pressing and I shouldn’t feel anxious at all. Still, the feeling remains. ..the feeling of impending failure.
Why we do these things to ourselves is a mystery other than we are conditioned to behave a...
